Thermal Barrier Coatings III Conference
Thermal barrier coatings are complex, multi-layered, and multi-material systems with many variants related to composition, processing and microstructure. Further understanding of the science and behavior of these materials that will result in the successful advancement of the technology requires a truly multidisciplinary approach.
This conference will be third in series of conferences sponsored by ECI at Irsee, Germany (2003 and 2007) on Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs). Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) Systems continue to be a key materials technology that offers great benefit to the operation of gas turbine aircraft engines, gas turbine shipboard engines, land base industrial gas turbine engines, and recently diesel reciprocating engines. The technology associated with TBC has progressed steadily since the introduction of these coatings over forty years ago. It is noteworthy that research in thermal barrier coatings has accelerated greatly in the past ten years and that this research has resulted in the commercial and military use of new bond coats, low conductivity coatings and coatings that resist degradation induced by environmental deposits ingested into the engine. Current research includes development of prime-reliant TBCs, TBCs for ceramic matrix composites, and recently TBCs that will resist reaction with volcanic ash. Thermal barrier coating systems are now key elements in the design of new and advanced engines and are enabling many new designs with improved efficiencies and higher thrusts. Extensive research and development of TBCs is being carried out in every major industrialized country by industry, academia, and national institutions and laboratories.
Since the last conference, research activity has continued to increase and the successful implementation of new and advanced coating systems has been achieved. Several technologies that were in the developmental phase and reported on at the prior two ECI TBC Conferences are now being deployed and will be discussed. Also since the last conference, research activities in TBCs have greatly increased in Japan and China.
Outline
The conference will address the multi-disciplinary nature of thermal barrier coatings and will attempt to bring together those who have expertise in specific aspects of the materials involved, processing, mechanics of degradation, interfacial and bulk diffusion, newer materials as alternatives to yttria stabilized zirconia, fundamentals of high-temperature oxidation, and other degradation mechanisms such as CMAS attack, thermal conductivity, and the basics of thermal transport, high temperature creep and sintering phenomena and engineering design.
Poster Award
Poster prizes will be awarded to the best three posters submitted by students.
Publication of Abstracts
Abstracts will be published in the conference program book, available to all participants at the time of the conference.
Conference Organization
Conference Chair:
Dr. Michael J. Maloney
Pratt &Whitney, USA (Tel:+1-860-557-2076; Email: michael.j.maloney@pw.utc.com)
Conference Co-Chairs:
Dr. Uwe Schulz, German Aerospace Center (Email:Uwe.Schulz@dlr.de)
Dr. David Rickerby, Rolls-Royce UK (Email: david.rickerby@rolls-royce.com)
Dr. Ram Darolia, GE Aviation (Retired) (Email: ram.darolia@gmail.com)
Dr. Odile Lavigne, Onera DMSM/MAT (Email: odile.lavigne@onera.fr)
Dr. Hideyuki Murakami, National Institute for Materials Science (Email: murakami.hideyuki@nims.go.jp)
Prof. Hongbo Guo, School of Materials Science and Engineering Beihang University (formerly Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) (Email: guo.hongbo@buaa.edu.cn)
International Advisory Committee
Prof. Kevin Hemker, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Prof. Yukata Kagawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Chistoph Leyens, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Professor Carlos Levi, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Professor David Clarke, Harvard University, USA
Professor Arthur Heuer, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Professor John Nicholls, Cranfield University, England
Prof. Nitin Padture, Ohio State University, USA
Dr. Robert Miller, NASA Glen, USA
Dr. David Shifler, ONR, USA
Dr. Joan Fuller, AFOSR, USA
Prof. Brian Gleeson, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Prof. Matthias Oechsner, Technische Universität Darmstadt, MPA, Germany
Dr. Don Lipkin, GE Global Research. USA
Prof. Tresa Pollock, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Dr. David Litton, Pratt & Whitney, USA
Dr. Dongming Zhu, NASA, USA
Submission of Abstracts
Abstracts (approximately 300 words) that include specific results and conclusions to allow a scientific assessment of proposed oral presentation or poster are invited. The deadlines for submission of abstracts are as follows:
Abstracts for Oral Presentations: January 31, 2011
Abstracts for Poster Presentations: March 31, 2011
Abstracts should be submitted electronically following the instructions given in On-line Abstract Submission. If you encounter any problems with the submission process, contact Engineering Conferences International (ECI) at info@engconfintl.org or 1-212-514-6760.
Venue: Kloster Irsee (Swabian Conference Centre at Irsee)
Nestling in the Alpine Foreland of the Allgäu and located only a few kilometers from walled town of Kaufbeuren (www.kaufbeuren.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-982/1238_read-3330/), the former Benedictine monastery at Irsee - founded in the 12th century - now houses a modern conference center The magnificent Baroque church and the harmoniously designed four-winged monastery, surrounded by a well-kept park, away from major highways and yet easily reached, is particularly suitable for the conference. The center offers a broad range of leisure activities including a bierstube in the cellar of the monastery. There is also a table tennis room and a sauna. Nearby are many jogging trails, fitness trails, a tennis center, walking and hiking trails. Across the court from the center is the Irsee brewery where conference attendees can enjoy beer directly from its source. Note that there are no televisions in the bedrooms; however, they may be rented.
The nearest major airport is Franz-Josef Strauss Airport in Munich (http://www.munich-airport.de/EN/index.html) and their web-link provides a great deal of useful information, including information for booking airport hotels.
A concert on the historic church organ is being arranged for early Sunday evening, August 7. After the concert, conference participants are invited to go to the organ loft and informally meet the organist.
Kloster Irsee/Swabian Conference Center at Irsee is a good starting point for excursions and sightseeing tours to the Allgäu Mountains, to Lake Constance, to Austria and Switzerland. For those who plan to extend their stay, popular day-trips are to the Castles of Linderhof and Neuschwanstein (built by the Bavarian King Ludwig II), the scenic Tannheimer Valley and the Pfaffenwinkel with its famous Baroque churches (Wieskirche).
More information about Kloster Irsee can be found at www.kloster-irsee.de
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